Hannah Horton

Hannah Slade

• Born 15 Jul 1697 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Died 28 Mar 1760 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Daughter of William Slade Sr. and Sarah Holmes
• Sister of Sarah (Slade) Soule, Mary (Slade) Winslow, William Slade II, Edward Slade, Elizabeth (Slade) Hale, Martha (Slade) Luther, Phebe Slade, Jonathan Slade and Lydia Slade
• Wife of 1) James Wheaton — married 15 Mar 1715 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Wheaton. She married second on August 12, 1743 to Thomas Horton, son of Thomas and Sarah (Harmon) Horton..

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Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheaton-15

James Wheaton was reportedly born in 1686, the same day as twin brother Joseph, at Swansea in Plymouth Colony -- only Joseph was recorded in the town book.

James married Hannah Slade/Slead at Swansea in 1715. Had ten children born between August 14, 1717-August 20, 1728

Children, with birth dates recorded at Swansea:

1. John b. 13 August 1717
2. Mary b. 8 July 1718*
3. Sarah b. 17 August 1718*
4. James b. 7 December 1719
5. Hannah b. 30 June 1721
6. Jonathan b. 7 April 1723
7. Nathaniel b. 9 February 1724
8. Jonathan b. 10 April 1725
9. Joseph b. 27 October 1726
10. Elisabeth b. 20 August 1728

(One of the two asterisked dates must be wrong. See below.)

The probate of James's estate was a protracted process. Administration was granted to Hannah Wheaton, widow, on 21 February 1731/2.[1] She petitioned the court to sell her dower thirds so as not to be "destitute of any thing to support her self and to bring up a many small children." She sold land in 1732 and in 1736, and finally gave an account of the settlement of debts in 1738. This included payments to Isaac Wheaton and to Susannah Wheaton. Division of James's estate was finally ordered and made in 1747, with portions going to each of the above children or their legal representatives.[2] Division of Hannah's thirds was made in 1761, with portions again going to each of the above children.

Research Notes

Death: The death date given here matches the unsourced death date at FindAGrave. No headstone picture is given there, and given the probate proceedings above, it seems to be incorrect.

Children: The clustering of the children's birthdates, especially between Mary and Sarah, might suggest that there were two couples "James and Hannah Wheaton" in Swansea at this time. But the division of the widow Hannah Wheaton's dower thirds in 1761, the portion of James's estate that came to her upon his death, names every one of the children above and no others.[3]

It would seem then that either Sarah or Mary was recorded with the wrong date or else that the transcriber misread the date.

Estate

Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762 266. Will of Hannah Horton of Swansea, widow, dated 29 May 1760, probated 7 Oct 1760.

• Sons: Nathaniel & Jonathan Wheeton.
• Daughters: Sarah Hathaway, Hannah Brayton & Mary wife of Job King.
• Granddaughter Sarah Wheeton.
• Grandson John Wheeton son of my son Jonathan.
• Exor: son Jonathan.
• Witnesses: Miel Peirce, Hannah Lewis & Job Mason [17:97/8].

References

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCZR-7CV
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Horton_%2828%29
• Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992) 74. 'Hannah [th]e daughter of William and Sara Slead was born July [th]e 5:1697’
• Jenks, Margaret R, and Frank C. (Frank Conklin) Seymour. Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts. (Kirkland, Washington: M.R. Jenks, c1984-c1987) 1:5. 'THOMAS HORTON ... m.(2) 12 Aug. 1743 RVR; HANNAH (SLADE) WHEATON; b. 15 July 1697; d. 29 May - 7 Oct. 1760 Swansea; dau. of William and Sarah (Holmes) Slade; widow of James Wheaton.'
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDZ-GHP : 10 February 2018), Hannah Slead, 05 Jul 1697; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0022366 IT 3.
• "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7YRN : accessed 30 July 2019), James Wheaton and Hannah Slead, 15 Mar 1715; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 22,366.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2019), memorial page for Hannah Slade Wheaton (15 Jul 1697–28 Mar 1760), Find A Grave: Memorial #114787946, ; Maintained by JSlade (contributor 46953506) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Burial unknown. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114787946/hannah-wheaton
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 July 2019, 22:41), entry for Hannah Slade(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCZR-7CV); contributed by various users.
• A SKETCH of the DESCENDANTS OF JARED BOURN, WHO SETTLED IN BOSTON about the YEAR 1630. (1875) PDF Page 15. Fourth generation.